So I have a few all grain kits I ordered from NB. Got a great deal on some IPA kits even though I usually just slap my own recipes together. So I brewed one of those kits yesterday and I had them since November. They were pre-crushed as I don't have my own mill. They were kept cold (38F) but not...

On that note then, would that mean for mash complete I would have to lauter the entire volume of the mash tun to get that reading before sparging? I fly sparge so I never let the liquid fall below less than an inch above my grain bed which would make it rather impossible to get that reading...

Thanks for all your responses, folks. I went ahead and purchased a warmer belt to put around the fermentor. As a new test, I filled a bucket with water, taped the probe to the side then covered the probe with some insulation to isolate it from the ambient temperature. Set it to 38F. Im not...

So I have an InkBird temp controller for a new chest freezer I picked up. I ran a test on it with the temp controller and the temp continues to drop long after the shut off. I have the probe in a bottle of water. As a test set temp, I set it at 38F with a diff of 1. It cuts off when its supposed...

I appreciate eveyone's feed back! So after reading so many ways besides the feed back here what I decided to do was two things: 1) I will try and "coax" the yeast into eating again by adding less than 300ml solution of corn sugar water. I dont want to give them much because they will love the...

Made a bigger than anticipated saison with an OG of 1.100 (target was 1.094). So I made a 1L starter 24 hrs in advance. Ive never had problems with 1L starters in big beers - even stouts at 1.160. Pitched at 65F (those plate chillers are killer fast in the winter) and set my chamber to ferment...

So I made a farmhouse saison and the gravity came out a little bigger than my anticipated 1.094. I made a starter of 1L 24 hours in advance. My last batch of saison, same recipe except I used maris otter rather than 2row and I upped the yam content, I didnt even make a starter - I pitched...